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Meikleour Beech Hedges

Perth, Scotland

Meikleour Beech Hedges

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

Tomnadashan Copper Mine.

Ardtalnaig, Scotland

Tomnadashan Mine

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Saint Catherine of Bologna

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Kennal Vale Gunpowder Works

Ponsanooth, England

Kennall Vale Gunpowder Works

A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.

Sultan the Pit Pony.

Caerphilly, Wales

Sultan the Pit Pony

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

Burry Port plaque

Llanelli, Wales

The Great Welsh Amelia Earhart Controversy

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Pentre Ifan

Crymych, Wales

Pentre Ifan

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

Forest of Borth

Borth, Wales

Forest of Borth

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Parys Mountain

Amlwch, Wales

Parys Mountain

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

The Great Orme Copper Mine.

Llandudno, Wales

The Great Orme Copper Mines

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Sculpture inside Meadow Mill.

Greenfield, Wales

Greenfield Valley Heritage Park

This park is home to a collection of important industrial and religious sites.

Denbigh Insane Asylum
Permanently Closed

Denbigh, Wales

Denbigh Insane Asylum

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

Inside the Pool Park Asylum

Ruthin, Wales

Pool Park Asylum

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

Big Fella Sculpture

Silloth, England

'Big Fella'

One man and his dog, immortalized in a giant statue.

The Devil's Pulpit.

Craighat, Scotland

Devil’s Pulpit

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

Great Polish Map of Scotland

Peebles, Scotland

Great Polish Map of Scotland

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

Neidpath Railway Tunnel.

Peebles, Scotland

Neidpath Train Tunnel

An abandoned, desolate train tunnel that was used during World War II.

Stobs Camp

Hawick, Scotland

Stobs Camp

Built as a training camp, this site became a detainment center for prisoners of war and German civilians during World War I.

The launch pad from below

Gilsland, England

Spadeadam Rocket Test Site

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.

Beautiful!

Portsoy, Scotland

Findlater Castle

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

New Slains Castle Ruins

Cruden Bay, Scotland

New Slains Castle Ruins

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Bon Scott Statue

Kirriemuir, Scotland

Bon Scott Statue

A monument to the 70s rock icon stands on the road into this small Scottish town.

Buchanan Castle

Drymen, Scotland

Buchanan Castle

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

St. Peter's exterior

Cardross, Scotland

The Ruins of St. Peter's Seminary

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

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